an important route linking the atlantic city expressway with the jersey shore resorts in cape may county , serving as an alternate to more cong ##ested routes . it also serves as evacuation route from cape may county to inland areas in the event of a hurricane . the portion of current route 50 between sea ##ville and petersburg received funding to become a spur of the ocean highway in 1910 . the modern @ - @ day alignment of route 50 was leg ##is ##lated as part of pre @ - @ 1927 route 14 in 1917 , a route that was to run from cape may to egg harbor city . in the 1927 new jersey state highway ren ##umber ##ing , the portion of pre
an important route linking the atlantic city expressway with the jersey shore resorts in cape may county, serving as an alternate to more congested routes. it also serves as evacuation route from cape may county to inland areas in the event of a hurricane. the portion of current route 50 between seaville and petersburg received funding to become a spur of the ocean highway in 1910. the modern @ - @ day alignment of route 50 was legislated as part of pre @ - @ 1927 route 14 in 1917, a route that was to run from cape may to egg harbor city. in the 1927 new jersey state highway renumbering, the portion of pre